Judge — January 13, 1906 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top illustration ("Buncoed"):** Shows two women in an office setting. The dialogue reveals a domestic financial dispute: a husband emptied their account out of fear his wife would be robbed by burglars. The satire mocks both marital distrust and the era's anxieties about crime and wealth security. **Left cartoon ("Utterly Impossible"):** Depicts a parson refusing alcohol from "Deacon Johnson," with dialect-heavy dialogue. This likely satirizes temperance debates or religious hypocrisy regarding alcohol consumption—common Judge targets in the early 20th century. **Right section ("A Wedding-Gift for Miss Alice"):** Discusses gift ideas for Princess Alice's upcoming nuptials, suggesting coal as an alternative to expensive presents. This appears to mock either the impracticality of gift-giving for royalty or American attitudes toward British nobility.